Patents Assigned to LLC
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Patent number: 11616566Abstract: A system includes a remote computer. The remote computer includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to receive location data of a plurality of satellite terminals, select, based on the received location data, for each of the plurality of satellite terminals, a respective satellite beam for providing satellite communications, and broadcast a message to the plurality of satellite terminals including data specifying respective selected satellite beams for each of the plurality of satellite terminals.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Hughes Network Systems, LLCInventors: Rajeev Gautam Oza, Suresh Kumar Korada, Guy Montgomery
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Patent number: 11616964Abstract: A signaling of the layer ID is described which each of the packets of a multi-layered video signal is associated with. In particular, an efficient way of signaling this layer association is achieved, with nevertheless maintaining the backward compatibility with codecs according to which a certain value of the base layer-ID field is restricted to be non-extendable such as base layer-ID value 0 in the base layer-ID field. Instead of circumventing this restriction specifically with respect to this non-extendable base layer-ID value, the layer-ID of portions of the multi-layer data stream is signaled in an extendable manner by sub-dividing the base layer-ID field into a first sub-field and a second sub-field: whenever the first sub-field of the base layer-ID field fulfills a predetermined criterion, an extension layer-ID field is provided, and if the first sub-field of the base layer-ID field does not fulfill the predetermined criterion, the extension layer-ID field is omitted.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: GE Video Compression, LLCInventors: Karsten Suehring, Thomas Schierl, Detlev Marpe, Robert Skupin, Yago Sanchez De La Fuente, Gerhard Tech
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Patent number: 11614543Abstract: A Lidar system, photonic chip and method of detecting an object. The photonic chip includes a laser and one or more photodetectors. The laser generates a transmitted light beam. The one or more photodetectors are receptive to a reflected light beam that is a reflection of the transmitted light beam from an object and generate an electrical signal as output in response to the reflected light beam signal. An amplifier is configured to amplify a signal related to the reflected light beam to amplify the output signal of the one or more photodetectors. A processor determines a parameter of the object from the amplified output signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Timothy J. Talty, Michael Mulqueen, James Chingwei Li, Ken R. Elliott
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Patent number: 11616580Abstract: A system receives audio data in a frequency range of 20 Hz-20 kHz. The received audio data is encoded by the system into ultrasonic data in frequencies that are greater than 20 kHz, and transmitted into a local area that is proximal to the transmitting device, i.e., within the transmission range of the transmitting device. An ultrasonic communication device that is located in the transmission range of the transmitting device may receive the ultrasonic data. The received ultrasonic data is decoded by the ultrasonic communication system in the receiving device into audio data in a frequency range of 20 Hz-20 kHz, and subsequently presented to a user of the receiving ultrasonic communication device.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2022Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Peter Harty Dodds, Morteza Khaleghimeybodi, Philip Robinson, Scott Phillips Porter, William Owen Brimijoin, II, Andrew Lovitt
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Patent number: 11615065Abstract: Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and/or systems for manipulating hierarchical sets of data are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: LOWER48 IP LLCInventors: Karl Schiffmann, Mark Andrews, Jack J. LeTourneau
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Patent number: 11614771Abstract: Method and apparatus for synchronizing and locking clocks identifies entangled pairs of photons by comparing a first and second list of measured state values of single photons, wherein the first list is compiled by photon arrival times measured using a first clock and the second list is compiled by photon arrival times measured using a second clock. Entangled pairs of photons are identified by a match of the measured state values of single photons in their respective lists. Elapsed times of the first and second clocks are determined by taking the difference between arrival times of respective identified entangled pairs of photons measured using their respective clocks. A rate of one of the first and second clocks is changed based on a difference between the elapsed times, thereby synchronizing the first and second clocks. Clocks are locked by repeating.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Qubit Moving and Storage, LLCInventors: Gary Vacon, Kristin A. Rauschenbach
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Patent number: 11613866Abstract: Disclosed is retainer for a nut. The retainer is positioned within the frame that provides access to a closure. The closure, in turn, is secured by way of a removable cover. The cover is removably secured to the frame by way of a series of bolts and corresponding nuts. The nuts are secured by way of the retainer to allow the bolts to be secured. Each retainer includes upper and lower opening and an internal area. The upper opening is preferably angled such that the nut must be oriented at an angle in order to be inserted into the retainer. The internal area of each retainer includes a ledge with an angled step. The angled step function is rotating the nut to a horizontal orientation after it has been inserted into the retainer. Thereafter, a user can access the nut with a finger through the lower opening. This allows the nut to be rotated and removed via the upper opening. The various features of the present retainer, and the manner in which they interrelate, are described in greater detail hereinafter.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: NUSFC, LLCInventors: Oleg Dzhidzhora, Adam W. San Solo
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Patent number: 11615179Abstract: An e-vapor apparatus may include a pod assembly and a dispensing body configured to receive the pod assembly. A vaporizer may be disposed in the pod assembly and/or the dispensing body. The pod assembly may include a pre-vapor formulation compartment, a device compartment, and a vapor channel extending from the device compartment and traversing the pre-vapor formulation compartment. The pod assembly is a smart pod configured to receive, store, and transmit information that can be communicated with the dispensing body and/or another electronic device. The proximal portion of the dispensing body includes a vapor passage and a through-hole. The vapor passage may extend from an end surface of the proximal portion to a side wall of the through-hole. The through-hole is configured to receive the pod assembly such that the vapor channel of the pod assembly is aligned with the vapor passage of the dispensing body.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Raymond Lau, Eric Hawes, Alistair Bramley
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Patent number: 11616797Abstract: A method including receiving a feature vector of an unknown sample, computing a MinHash of the unknown sample based on Jaccard-compatible features, querying a Locality Sensitive Hashing forest of known samples with the MinHash of the unknown sample to identify a first subset of known samples that are similar to the unknown sample, receiving for each individual known sample in the first subset, a feature vector including non-Jaccard distance-compatible features, computing a first sub-distance and a second sub-distance between the unknown sample and the known samples in the first subset, calculating a total distance for each known sample in the first subset by combining the first and the second sub-distances, identifying, based on the calculated total distances, a second subset of known samples that are most similar to the unknown sample, and classifying the unknown sample based on the second subset.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: McAfee, LLCInventors: German Lancioni, Jonathan B. King, Steven Grobman
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Patent number: 11616972Abstract: In a method for video decoding in a decoder, a first motion vector and a second motion vector for a first block in a current picture are received. The first motion vector is indicative of a first reference block in a first picture, and the second motion vector is indicative of a second reference block in a second picture. A bilateral template is generated based on a weighted combination of the first reference block and the second reference block. A refined first motion vector and a refined second motion vector are determined based on the bilateral template, reference blocks in the first picture and reference blocks in the second picture respectively. An initial motion vector of a second block that is ceded after the first block is determined according to at least one of the first motion vector and the second motion vector for the first block.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Tencent America LLCInventors: Meng Xu, Xiang Li, Shan Liu
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Patent number: 11612414Abstract: A clamping device of an external fixation system that has a jaw set with a passage at one end configured to hold an element from a first range of sizes and a second passage configured to hold an element from a different range of sizes. The jaw set includes a first jaw, a second jaw, and a slider interposed between the first and second jaws that moves to a first position when the first element is located in the first passage and to a second position when the second element is located in the second passage.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Austin Miller Trauma LLCInventor: Stephen T. Miller
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Patent number: 11614086Abstract: Aspects described herein relate generally to rotary compressors that incorporate a flywheel within to significantly reduce the compressor vibration and drive torque ripples as well as to achieve a higher overall electro-mechanical efficiency and potentially lower combined costs of BLDC rotary compressors and their drive electronics.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2017Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: ASPEN COMPRESSOR, LLCInventors: Kang P. Lee, Douglas S. Olsen
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Patent number: 11615674Abstract: A gaming machine and method include a monetary input device, a user interface configured to: enable a player to select a wager for a game of chance having a skill-based activity, to interact with the game of chance using a gaming input device. A processor is programmed to enable the player to win a prize based at least in part on input from the gaming input device, and to set at least one parameter of the skill-based activity or the gaming input device to a first difficulty for winning the prize during a first game of a gaming session including a plurality of games, and to adjust the parameter to modify the difficulty to a second difficulty for winning the prize during a subsequent game of the gaming session to maintain a predetermined percentage or percentage range of money or credits returned to the player (RTP) during the gaming session.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Gaming Arts, LLCInventors: David Colvin, Eric D. Colvin
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Patent number: 11613159Abstract: A power module for a transport climate control system that supplies power to a plurality of components of the transport climate control system is provided. The power module includes a power module housing, a power terminal, and a power protection shroud. The power terminal extends through an external surface of the power module housing. The power protection shroud extends from the external surface of the power module housing. The power protection shroud includes a curved wall having a horseshoe shape that surrounds the power terminal.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Thermo King LLCInventors: Shawn Alan Schemmel, Diarmaid Thomas Bucke, Niall Lynch
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Patent number: 11615235Abstract: In some implementations, a device may identify a form field, of a form, that is to be filled with text. The device may determine a formatting for the text that is to be used for filling the form field. The formatting for the text may be determined based on content that is indicative of the formatting that is to be used for filling the form field, or information relating to at least one previous filling of the form field that is associated with a successful submission of the form. The device may modify the text in accordance with the formatting that is determined to obtain formatted text. The device may cause filling of the form field with the formatted text.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Jeremy Goodsitt, Austin Walters, Galen Rafferty
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Patent number: 11616747Abstract: Systems and methods of the disclosure include receiving a message from a user at a user client device for a multi-agent entity. The message initiates a message thread between the user and the multi-agent entity. An administrator user for the multi-agent entity is determined and the message thread is forwarded to the administrator at an administrator client device. The method facilitates an exchange of security information between the administrator client device and the user client device. The method includes receiving a message thread forwarding a command from the administrator client device to forward the message thread to an agent of the multi-agent entity at an agent client device. The command can comprise a payload containing the security information.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: WhatsApp LLCInventors: Brian Lange Acton, Mubarik F Imam, Daniel Charles Cocuzzo
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Patent number: 11613877Abstract: Apparatuses for a hydrant, as well as associated methods for installing the same, may be directed to a threaded stem for actuating a hydrant outlet valve at a first end of the stem. An attachment nut may define a bore for supporting the stem in the hydrant. The attachment nut defines a cavity configured to receive water from a barrel of the hydrant. The attachment nut also defines a water access passage extending through an outer wall of the attachment nut to the cavity. The apparatus also includes a sensor in fluid communication with the cavity to obtain sensor data for the water in the barrel.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: AMI Investments, LLCInventor: John Garcia
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Patent number: 11613041Abstract: A wheeled conveyance straddles and squeezes a parapet or similar vertical wall from both the inside and outside vertical faces. Side wheels may be adjusted to be closer together or farther apart to accommodate the thickness of the wall being straddled. The conveyance traverses the parapet along the top edge, and at least one fastener driver suspended from the carriage faces one or both of the inside and outside vertical faces at some preferably adjustable distance below the top edge of the parapet. While the conveyance traverses the parapet, an actuator selectively and repeatedly actuates the fastener driver(s). Various sensors and controls are provided that permit the speed, fastener spacing, and travel distance to be adjusted. Position awareness and visual, auditory, and radio communications may optionally be employed.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Scepaniak IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Kurtis D. Scepaniak, Michael S. Marquette, Travis M. Marquette
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Patent number: 11616296Abstract: A phase shifter assembly includes first and second phase shifters that respectively include a wiper printed circuit board and a rotatable wiper support, where the wiper printed circuit board and the wiper support are coupled in motion. The phase shifter assembly further comprises: a U-shaped bracket having first and second arms, where the first phase shifter is held on the first arm, and the second phase shifter is held on the second arm; and a rack that is linearly movably supported and is drivable to move linearly; wherein the slide holders has a tooth portion respectively, and the tooth portions are engaged with the common rack. By means of linear movement of the rack, the slide holders can be rotated respectively, and thus the slides are movable within a predetermined range respectively so as to implement phase shifts.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Chongli Yang, Guomin Ding, WeiDong Wen
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Patent number: D981702Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2022Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Animal Manners LLCInventor: Melvin A. Heard